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NORTHWESTERN NOTES.
MINNESOTA. .

MINNESOTA.
Chinch bugs are flying over Shakopee.
Pnilandex Ball. Wadena hermit, has
been found dead.
A bull fatally gored Mrs. W. W.
Baines, near Brainerd.
St. Clouds Chamber of Commerce has
rejected all water works bids.
Henry Hamilton, son Of the host Of
she Mankato house, is dead.
A. j. Sawyer, Duluth, has bought
the rouni, elevator at Morris.
Saltwater has adopted Architect AL
LENS plans for the high school.
Frank Kun<7e's 50 acres Of wheat at
Oneka, are ruined by chinch bugs.
Mrs. L. Pheutan, of Winona. was
badly hurt by her horse running away.
Mayor Seymour, of Saltwater, says
there is not all industrious man idle in
the St. Croix valley.
Creditors of P. II. Kershaw & Co., on
the Duluth Board Of Trade, refused to
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accept an offer of some cash and Ger n
claims against others by Kershaw & Co.

accept an offer of some cash and Ger
claims against others by Kershaw & Co.
The majority of Rochester citizens are
opposed to the free delivery system, and
the town will probably not get it.
At St. Cloud William Seeley picked
Pat Cary's pocket and got $40. He was
bound oyer in 5000 to the district court
D. Burbank and A. M. Fargeman
we're reelected mem bers of the board Of
education of Fergus Falls. Three hum
dred dollars were voted to replenish the
high school library.
Drivers report that of all the Moose
river drive every mark is hung up at
Lime Kiln, on the St. Croix, near Os-
ceola, and that the Kettle river drive is
abandoned at Baltimore rapids, four
miles above Rush City.
DR.. Christopher Carli, the longest IN
medical practice Of any physician in
Minnesota, one of the earliest settlers in
Saltwater and wealthy man, was re-
moved Saturday, at his own request, to
the city hospital. He cannot live.
Alexander White, of Rochester, had
three ribs broken Fourth OF July. and
has died of his injuries. A younger
brother, WHO had been an invalid for a
long time, died the same day. A
spiritualist had treated the boys and the
first and regular medical aid came too
late.
Watertown will have $l0O, 900 water
works.
The wheat harvest at dillbank is a
week early.
The Dairy sme]ter at Deadwood is in
full operation.
Pembina county expects the largest
crop ever grown.
Fully 5000 soldiers attended the re-
union at Lake Madison.
Carloads Of machinery for harvesting
are arriving at Bathgate.
Mr.. Thomas, living north OF Mitchell,
was kicked in the head by horse and
badly hurt.
4 gang Of burglars following "a circus
did Eve houses in Sioux Falls Tuesday
and got fair harvest.
Prof. Richardson still remains among
the faculty Of the Normal school at
Madison, though there have been several
changes.
Judge Mcdonnell has decided that
Bnthgate township was illegally formed
and consequently is no more. The town
ship will be reorganized at once.
Officials at Pembina have been au-
thorizel to hand over to the Canadian
court FAINT, under arrest for trying to
murder Chief Of Police McRae, of Win
nipeg
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St.CIara's S Academy
S1NSTNAtVA WIS

This old and wel-founded institution affords
young ladies every advantage tor acquiring =
ss,iid and nc, tOlnpli he'd education Telephone
connections with Dubuque, Iowa and tialena,
lii. Apply FIR catal que 10 Mother Superior.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

degrees, and regulated BY u Thermometer.
1t the room receives its heat from q fur
mace, the hot air should be made to PISS
over a pail of water containing either
Labarraque's solution or Platt's Chlorides,
and q towel with one end dipped in such q
solution should be tackled over the register.
II there be a stove, or, better than all, an
open CRATE, these solutions can be placed
near BY, SO as to be readily evaporated and
distributed throughout the room.
The chamber should always contain some
such solution in which to receive the ex-
creta. A small quantity of urine should
daily be collected in q clean vessel for the
doctors examination. It is usual to anoint
the child with some greasy substance; this
aiiays the intense itching or pricking,
which is most annoying; it sottens the skin,
which is inflamed and swollen; it depresses
the fever to a certain extent, and it eerves
TO collect the scales of the skin, which, If
shed, serve rs carriers of c%ontagion, and
which are usually shed in flakes. The
child should have its mouth washed once
or twice daily, as also other parts of its
body, for purposes of cleanliness, and the
water used can contain either Labarraque's
solution or vinegar Listerine, and possibly
the doctor will order the frequent use Of
the hand-spray, such as is employed with
cologne, using some good disinfectant for
the throat in these cases.
Scarlatina, as far as We know at the
present time, only comes from previous
cases OF the disease. Cleanliness not only
tessenst danger of serious complications
aohich are often fatal, and mitioates the
severity of an attack, but 1t is the Oreai
germ.dcstroyer, and preucnts the sprcado OF
th,s dread disease IN households.-Dr. j.
~. ke0tiRO. IN RnbuhO06.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mrs. GLADSTONE is tho Woman President
of the Liberal League of Great Britain
FRANCES CLEVELAND WHITNEY will soon
make her debut in Washington society at Q
great christening bawl.
GEN. GRANTS uncle; Samuel Simpson, is dy-
ing at his home near Bantam, Clermont
County, Ohio. He is ~ years old.
MRS. CLEVELAND is developing a remark
able memory for names and faces. Mr..
Cleveland has a faculty of forgetting both, it
is said by his enemies.
SARAH BERNHARDT, whose purse is always
as slim as her form, has received from her nu-
merous engagements since May last, nearly
l,Son,uCO francs. What becomes of her money
she is unable to tell herself.
Ex-Gov. AIeER, Of Michigan, having
achieved IL reputation for generosity, is now
paving the penalty. He receives daily about
fifty logging letters, and is about to flee from
his home to secure relief from those applica-
tons.
Gov. OLIVER AMEs, Of Massachusetts,, is a
five-foid millionaire, with an income of moro
than $4,000 a year. Public sympathy is very
stro ely accused i'll behalf of his efforts to Sc
cure an increase in his salary Is Governor
from $1,000 to $1U,0UO o year.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
A 5 IN JAPAN.
The Beautiful Home OF an Aristocratic
Oriental Family.

The Beautiful Home OF an Aristocratic
Oriental Family.
Life in one Of the old families of wealth
and position in Japan is full of unique and
picturesque interest, says a writer in the
Ovcrlund Monthly. We may call it hea-
then, ii We will, but it is still a home and
replete with suggestive home history. Well
do I remember one such-a grand old
houss of solid timber, go feet broad by 100
deep, with lofty rooms and long, wide cor
ridors. Its one story had an immense and
imposing, sloping roof, which covered
fourteen apartments and many balconies.
The sliding partitions could all be re-
moved and made on occasion q noble hall,
with many columns. The ceiling was made
of fine grained wood and fifteen feet from
the tioor. The front of this house was
protected from the inquisitive gaze of the
world by a wall of tiles built with cement
and lined with a row Of frs, with mighty
girth and far-sprending branches, which
measured their height by rods and their
shadows by furlongs. The main gate of
the court yard was supported by heavy
roof, while jost within was the porter's
lodge. Near this lodge was a clump of
evergreens, and under their shadow stood
an ark cut from solid stone, perhaps four
feet high, used as the family shrine and
holding in its depths sacred emblems and
holy symbols. Just beyond was a rockery
of great beauty, where fountains tossed
their spray and played with the sun and
moonbeams. Here and there the mockunji
tree shed its purple blossoms to the breeze
from lofty heights, while azalias and starry
asters doomed about its foot. All about
the garden camelias Of brilliant red or
purest white unfolded their lovely buds
from low-growing shrubs, while now and
then a camclia tree, towering fifty feet in
the air, drew the eye with lis lovely wax
like blossoms.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

1900 feet, and the much vaunted Montreal
slide is but 1000 feet. The Lorilards are
known to fame through their immense
tobacco enterprise, and also as being en-
thusiastic turlmen. The Lorillard stables
are world-famed. and Tuxedo Park.
which Pierre Lor.llard has instituted
in Jersey. is q swell thing conducted
on English plans, ideas md principles.
Mr.. L.orillard's retirement from the Ameri-
ban racing track in the year 1884 was one
Of short duration, and the recent talk that
his, farm, Rancocas. would be sold with the
sale of tie horses had no foundation, as
MIR. Lorillard has said that Rancocas would
not be sold, and that he would keep all the
foals of this year of the horses sold-some
fifty in number-and tlat Pierre, Jr., would
keep all the geldings, SO that in all proba-
billy father and son will enter and run
di-tinct stables. MIR. Lorillard, ST., spends
lavishly not only upon himself and friends
but also upon the employee of his factory,
A recent addition to tile priv leges en- Dyed
by his workmen is a large library cree ed
for tie free use of any employe on the
presentation of the factory card. A! school
is attached which seats three hundred chill
dren. and the entire expense of the estaG-
lishment is borne by Pierre Iorillard d
Co., who feel a just pride in the success of
this work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
POULTRY.RAISING.
PROFITS on artificial, Po,.z,,y- nat.,no.


james Rankin. of Bristol County, Mass.
inventor of the Monarch incubator, and a
practical poultry-raiser of some twenty
years experience, said in his address be-
fore the Massachusetts State Board of
Agriculture: "There is absolutely nothing
within the possibilities of farm industry
that is capable of making SO rich returns
as poultry growing when artifcially con-
Quoted" From his own experience in arti-
ticlal poultry raising, Mr.. Rankin declares
that a yearly profit of 100 per cent. can be
made on all capital invested in buildings,
machinery, stock, etc. Here is his account
for the year ending Sept. l, 1883:
Stock on hand september 1, 1852
34 puliets at SIPS each ........$ 202 so
Supplies md food Of all kinds. ......... 754 81
Ninety-hve gallons of oil....... z 20
Total expenses 81, l54 Al
Stock on hand September 1, 1855
GA pullets ard chickens. 536 50
l,6l6 dozen eggs sold. 53 q
l,434 chickens sold. l.4o0 OF
Total receipts. .S2,7s3 81
This shows q clear profit of $500 per
head on the stock fowls. No account is
made of the work of caring for the fowls
and chicks; that is offset against the poul-
try manure, which does not appear on the
credit side. Incredible as it may seem to
those who do not know how thoroughly the
work in such poultry establishments is
systematized, Mr.. Rankin did all the work
connected with the care of this poultry,
while his farm hands were doing the feeding
of the stock in the barn, and milking. Mr..
Rankin cared for the chick, attended the
incubators,. and was ready to take his place
in the field at Z o'clock. With the excep-
ton of q half hour or SO in the middle of
each forenoon and afternoon he held his
own in the field with the others. Mr.. Ran
kin gave the following figures concerning
his duck business for the year 1855.
Stock on hand January 1, 1885:
40 ducks and brakes ut ST. so eaca.......,S 63 90
Feed consulned...... ................. 334 81
IS gals oil at s l-2 C per al............. S 70
Total expense. $403 80
Stock on hand December l, 1885:
BOG ducks and brakes ut $3.50 each ......$ 800 90
DUCKS sofa 4'oO5 y
~ dozen eggs sold. 81 90
100 lbs feathers sold at soc per lb....... 60 50
Total receipts. 5 1884 81
Net 81
A profit of almost $44 for each duck.
No, he didn't reckon in" anything for
labor, but allow for labor 81 a day for the
whole time, and thus will be left q profit of
over 81, 0O0-mere than many farmers
make from their whole farms.
AS soon as circumstances will permit, I
shall visit Mr.. Rankin's place, in search of
further particulars" and will report re-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
Re Careful About Your Signature.

A gentleman Of wealth, while practicing
penmanship n day, wrote his name upon
a blank slip of paper and allowed it to lie
on his desk. It ~attracte | the attention of a
neighbol, who, for a joke, filled the space
above the signature in the form OF n prom
issory note, and a few days aIterwnrd the
joking n%eighbor presented the paper, with
nm offer to allow considerable discount if
the apparent drawer. would cash it at the
time. The gentleman perceived the joke,
and the holder of the document, placing it
in his pocket, departed, and nothing more
was sail about it. Subs quently thu holder
was stricken with paralysis aud died, and
his executors, finding the note, and having
no knowledge of the joke attached to it,
brought suit and recovered III" sum for
which it was drawn Youths Communion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
Shcep Gtre Pruats Lndey D,h9c.,,,e..

1S"Tts Cader Difficulties.
again we would urge our readers, those
a snI 10 not keep sheep, to buy a small
T To.a whlle they can be got SO cheaply.
nsen .nougn prices of wool and mutton
ale enought to be below a paying basis
instinct business (which we do not belieyel.
many a farmer would find that a small
nock OF well-bred sheep attended 10 with
proper care would prove q good investment
WIN prices remaining as they are. When
asked why they do not keep sheep the
general answer is, II cannot because Of
dogs, 1t is admitted that a lock of sheep
%ouio on many farms increase the value Of
,ne lahd 70 per acre by keeping weeds and
DIlers down in the pasture, eating products
Which would otherwise be wasted, and en-
rlchlng the land with their droppings, to
say nothing of the wool and mutton pro-
ouced. We admit that the miserable dogs
are Q serious obstacle TO sheep raising; that
they have destroyed thousands Of dollars
worm OF property of this aud other kinds,
n hundreds of thousands more. But
man is not going to sit dewp and admit
that he is beaten by the miserable NANCY
ours. A united effort on the part of farmers
would easily rid them of this curse; but
each man for himself can, if he sets his
wits TO work, greatly mitigate the evil. As
is well known. the most of the destruction
done by the sneaking brutes is after day.
light. 1t is not a difficult matter to con.
struct a dog-proof fence, and with a yard
inclosed with such a one and the sheep put
in every night they would be safe. If
keeping sheep on a 2O0-acre farm increases
its value SIS per acre, or 81, 200, it would
seem to be a good investment to hire n boy
to go with the sheep to the pasture every
day for six or eight months if need be and
look after the flock, which could be done
for q small per cent of the increase value
of the farm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
Household Wrinkles.

NEVER let the tea Doll.
KEEP tea in a close chest or canister.
BEFORE putting away heavy winter boots,
soak and wash them thoroughly, then oil
them we'll.
CLEAN chromos by busting we'll with a
soft cloth. A drop Of oil on the cloth will
brighten dull places.
SoAP-BARK, stepped in warm water and
strained, is excellent for washing soiled
spots from mems clothing.
A LITTLE milk and water rubbed over
oilcloths after they have been scrubbed
and dried will freshen them.
SAVE all your broken md crooked car
pet tacks, and deep them in a box in the
kitchen, for cleaning bottles. They are
better than shot, for the sharp edges scrape
off all the stains.
WHEN a carpet is to be put down, spread
newspapers layer on layer, evenly on the
bare floor. A dozen layers are lone too
many. They will keep out the cold, and
form as soft a footing as expensive carpet
lining. But do not use the L. S. that way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

MR.. MANN-HATToN-Do you know,
Miss Beekol street, that You are the exact
opposite of the accepted type of oston
girls? Miss Peekonstreet-Indeed! anil
pray what is the accepted tyre of Boston
Iect and no .yle, don't you know.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

JAPANESE and India fabrics please the
fashionable danes, and SUITS with tie
names of agro, Arabian cotton, Mandarin
damask, India casl,meres, Bulgarian CO..
ton, Bengal satin, Chinese grass linen and
Dakkar muslin give an oriental aspect to
the modern reception.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

AYouNG Boston editor, Mr.. Charles
Howard Montague, is attracting. some at
tention as a mind reader. As he has SO
for confined his operations to Boston'ans,
his pow. rs have not been tested with The
severity which will alone insure him a fair
verdict. Puck.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
Pierre L%orillard,s Great Slide,

Through Me fundamentally Of Pierre
Lorillard, America hasthe longest toboggan
slide in the world, being over 1000 feet in
length from end to end, while the Orange
chute is only 1,OO4 feet long, the Saratoga
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

ToM-You have never met my wife, Bob.
Permit me. Bob-Ah, yes; pleased, | as
sure YOU. Know you we'll, though, very
we'll. The Brida-Sir! Bob = Tom has
shown me lots Of letters from his dear
Lizzi. The Eride-Sir! My hume is
Amelia!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
Plain F0,cl Jellv.

Skin and cut in pieces an old fowl; break
the bones; put it in a covered earthen
vessel with a cup of water; simmer seven
hours in n balm maria or the oven; season
to taste, and strain ii. 10 be eaten either
| hot or cold as Jelly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
FOR 1eHinD Ho,xes' d0es.

ne full erown horse possesses twenty.
\ 'ack teeth; That is, six in each side of
jaw; these are called molars or
SueiS. He has twelve front teeth; that
~ N each jaw. Mares have no tushes.
.oal has either at his birth or shortly
IL ,""io elgit milk teeth; that is, four in
Jaw; at tl'onttwelve months two more
bse'N come in each jaw. These remain
(n, hAsea t,ll he is tllee years old. The
I ".m OF the yearling and two-year old
b "v oe confounded. The yearling mouth
no signs of use, and the corner teeth
nr'is only; ut two years old these teeth
~ H! aus aud we~ll-grown. and the corner
me" UP. 4 little before three wears
rs, Jaoh.er teeth OF each jaw fall ont and
kor! l'"ea ny permanent ones. A little
ave the W remaining teeth are
" ~, III their place come permanent
9, upl CT milk teeth usually fall
b, 1"' 'po mouth is completed as to its
,m,'art ,he corner tooth, however, is
a sHan 1e't,y developed, being al pres
% s5l only: this Shell at SIX vears old
10 ',u up and is Il complete Tooth. This
FIJI a"ence between ii five and q six
wa, he tushes appear between three
|, nea,,r IL four years old. and they
wIh TWO Years to arrive at their full
ileSe tech. us the horse grows
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

Older, get b,untsr and shorter, and SO TO m
eape''enced Judge are a sure indication Of
u aS S;. Up 70 SIX years old the mouth is in
cbonna ana periodical state of structural
m;n;ge ahere is on difficulty in deter
tho LUZ .ne age up to that date. After that
mouth ,mo < n must be judged by the shape of the
called .h ana .ne appearance of the teeth
cnts laa ore marx. At six years IF age the
seven the next two above. Mt eioht fhe o "rta u.
or corner teeth above. 'u'ei
"A. nine the two center teeth below lose
eleven the outer or corner teeth below.
AFTER a little practice the close observe,
can scarcely make o mistake.-The Shorts
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

FIRST High School girl-Wasnt that q
terrible railroad accident in Vermont! Sec
ond High School Girl-Frigit!ul. and just
think Of the number OF t~olo"ganing suits
that we're spoiled!--Ne,, Haven News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04

Kaffe'S ,J,t7nbleS.

One cup of butter, II cups sugar. three
eggs, two tablespoonfuls our milk, one
~teaspoonful soda, flour 10 stitfen. Sprinkle
sugar on before baking. Cut in rings or
rOund cakes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
If Useful Information Upon
0uq go,sehold and Agricultural
Topics.
~ Interest Relating to Farm,
''''% orchard, Stable, Parlor, and
Kitchen.
AGRICULTURAL.
.,,,rof 7,nDIcments.

cans probably invest more money
Anerioant tools than any other people. BY
farln,ns Of 1880 the value of agricultural
ce ns", made the previous year was
pl 6dn e nm. Ten years is n long life to the
S,Oou'offJf farm tools, and many are WORTH
ray w. three or four years use or rust.
als. that the entire amount in
is farm tools now in use is nearly or
u nnn. OOO. OOO.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-04
LIVE STOCK.
breeding Milking Strains.

kaueh loss has occurred TO dairy farmers
[l ssylng to breed for milk and butter
fl11sIHeiy on the female side. If an extra
Ou COW has n heifer calf, it will probably
aa,e1' and its milking character will
f.n1y depend on the inherited %prepotency
~ sire. The bull calves from the best
Easss are generally turned of to the
|Nlef as OF no value. Yet for breeders
aalFy stock these bull calves are very
~ more valuable than they would be if
PIERS. 1t is the fact that value for the
~ Is more than likely TO be transmitted
(vueh The mate line that makes the inn
EIasiaent OF the dairy stock so easy.
H., Sour best cows, breed to o Jersey or
Pis'esn bull, and the progeny, whether
~ or female, will he we'll worth raising.